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Willfully Horn

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  1. Democrats need to go to the mattresses to prevent giving those fucks anything but misery.
  2. If your father was sanguine about Iran and Reagan conspiring to use the hostages for Reagan’s political advantage, and Reagan selling cocaine to fund off the books attacks on South American nations, then I personally see no difference between now and then. So, are you saying Mexicans are generally more willing to strip financial autonomy from their folks? Or, perhaps, culturally expect to move in with their children at a given age, or set of circumstances? Of course. Right. Huh. Cashing out and buying up was my parent’s strategy. After my father died, my mom downsized, and then downsized yet again. She later chose to live in an assisted living facility. Several times we asked if she wanted to move in with us, and live with her grandkids. She declined. MIL, otoh, moved in with us after giving senior age apartment living a try, once she was widowed. Just one family’s datapoint.
  3. Farmers qualify as a protected demographic. A third rail of protection, politically. Maybe the last protected thing in the USA, now that SS and money are being torched.
  4. The research group said the bullet votes, which are votes for the presidential race only, and no other race, were close to, or above, 10%, in each of the swing states. And that, in every other state, the percentage of bullet votes conformed to the historical average, which is less than 2%. I haven’t seen the numbers, and that makes me more skeptical than the percentage swing you mention, which is persuasive. Nevertheless, the charge is coherent and ought be easily verifiable, and as easily disproven. As is the claim on the breakdown of PA’s voting by mail totals. Show the nation the receipts, because, despite my skepticism, the quotes disturb me. The other claim, about the odds of winning each swing state, and by the specific margins, is something I don’t have the skill set to evaluate.
  5. If the research, claimed by this group, is accurate, the trans kid is mere window dressing. I believe this is the group that raised questions about bullet vote percentages in the swing states in late November 2024. (The questions being, one, why were bullet vote percentages in swing states off the charts, while bullet vote percentages in all other states conformed to historical averages, and two, what were the odds that every swing state could be won by a margin of victory that exceeded the automatic recount threshold). The quotes accompanying the research claim are accurate.
  6. Anyone have a subscription to the Toronto Star?
  7. The drone wars are coming soon to the Texas border. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-administration-weighs-drone-strikes-mexican-cartels-nbc-news-reports-2025-04-08/
  8. Today, Liz Oyer testified before the US Senate.. She did so despite a letter from the DOJ, which warned her not to testify. Two armed US marshals were to be dispatched to her home to hand deliver the letter, but she learned about the letter in time to let the DOJ know she had gotten the message. Still, she testified.
  9. The entire trilogy is a fun read.
  10. I reread the Milagro Beanfield War last weekend. Pissed off geriatrics with shotguns have a place in turnip’s America. Also, crosses, sprouting like mushrooms across the land, with a message to pray for the departed, lost, souls of the magats.
  11. Without objection, I submit the total capitulation of the Republican Party, as well as the enabling SCOTUS justices nominated by Republicans presidents. I will concede there are half a dozen Republicans Senators who have pushed back on self immolation of the economy.
  12. My daughter’s research was actually being funded by UT, a decision made after the NIH funding was withdrawn.
  13. Bacteria and viruses with unusual properties.
  14. UT has been ordered to scrub any vestige of DEI from its curricula. I’m assuming a flagged word is associated with her research.
  15. My daughter’s microbiology research at UT Health was terminated today. In her meeting, she was told about a letter in which the federal government threatened UT’s accreditation.
  16. When was war declared upon Venezuela? Or, are our enemies something turnip gets to unilaterally decide?
  17. The debt has always been a tool in the Republican long con, seeking absolute power. So, no.
  18. UT claims it was threatened by the federal government that it would lose all federal funding and accreditation, if it did not scrub any vestige of DEI from its operations. Apparently, UT is so frightened they shitcanned microbiological research they had previously decided to fund when NIH funds were withdrawn. A war on science? A war on women? Both.
  19. Obviously, a sign in a public bathroom:
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